Reaping attachment for mowing-machines.



A. o. 0HRIsfJmIsBN.V REAPING ATTACHMENT FOR MOWING MACHINESA lAPPLIOATION FILED JULY 13,191()y 1,025,862 PatentedMay 7, 19412.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1910. 1,025,862 Patented May 7, 1912.

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n ucm/ic@ .Hna/few 6T @NQS langem ANDREW C. CHRISTENSEN, 0F DES MOINES,IOWA.

REAPING ATTACHMET FOR 'MOWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented agay -7, 1912.

Appli-cation filed July 23, 1910. Serial No. 573,486.. i

To all whom t may concern Be itl known that I, ANDREW C. Cums- 'rnxsnN-,a. citizen of the United States of America, residing-at Des Moines, inthe county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented new and usefulIml'irovements `in lteaping Attachments for -Mowing-Ma.- chines, ofwhich the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to reaping attachments for mowing machines, andthe'prineipal object of the same is to provide a simple and efficientreaping attachment to be applied to and used in connection with anordinary mowing machine.

In certain sections of the country 'farmers are provided with theordinary grass mower, but grain being raised only in comparatively smallquantities, the expense of a reaping machine is so great as to render itundesirable to purchase the same.

The invention is designed to supply a simple and etlicient attachmentwhich may be used in connection with a mowing ma-l chine of ordinaryconstruction for the purpose of reaping' small grain of various kinds.

lith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the. invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and con'ibination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

In thedra \vings,-l `igure 1 is a plan View of a mowing machine providedwith the improved attacl'nnent. Fig. 2 is la longitudinal sectional viewtaken on the line 2-2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thestraw dropper and mechanism for actuating the `same. Fig. 4 is a.transverse sectional view of the endless straw carrier taken on the line't--tin Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken longitudinallythrough the plat lorm; omitting the cutting and bunching devices. i

(loi-responding parts in the several figures are denoted by like(.:l'iaracters of reference. '.hflerriue' to the drawings, the numeral 1designates the main frame of an ordinary mowing Amachine which isprovided with spindles carrying ground wheels 2 and with v a seat 3 anda tongue or pole 4. Mounted upon the axle spindle 5 is a beveled gearwheel 6 which meshes with a pinion 7,'on a shaft 8 mounted in a frame 9connected with the main frame and carryingl a gear wheel 10 which mesheswith a pinion 11 on a-counter shaft 12 mounted in the frame 9 andextending forwardly through a supplenientary frame 13. On the end of theshaft 12 is a crank disk 14 provided with la* wrist pin 15 to which ispivoted one end of a pitman 1,6, the other end of which is connectedwith a reciprocatory cutter bar 17 mounted in guides. l

The reaping attachment is connected to the mower frame by meansincluding a link bar 18, one end of which is mounted upon the shaft 12and to the opposite end of which the reaper frame is hinged or pivotedin any suitable manner, as by means of a yoke 19. The cutter bar 17 isof the usual type, and the finger bar 20 may also be of the usual or anyordinary'and well known type.

A straw carrier or platform is provided which constitutes a part of thereaper attachment. Said straw carrier comprises a frame including twocurved substantially `concentric side bars 21 and 22, the forward endsof which are suitably connected with the finger bar of the cuttingapparatus, the rear ends of said side bars being curved so to projectrearwardly of the wheel supported frame of the mowing machine proper.The side bars 21, 22 afford bearings for radially disposed cylindricalrollers 23 and tapering rollers 24, said rollers-serving to support andto guide an endless apron 25.

The apron is moved to discharge the straw over the rear end thereof bymeans of grooved pulleys 26 on t-he. outer ends of the tapering rollers24 and by means of flexible bands 27 extending around said groovedpulleys and passing over guide pulleys 28 shafts 28 being supported inbrackets 2S) orV uponthe frame bar 21. l

Mounted upon the hub 30 of one of the lapping the same. The

22 of the form a bundle and to drop the same upon the apron or carrier25 consists of a bar 36 having av series of slats 37 secured thereto,said dropper being arranged directly in front of the endlessearrier withthe slats 37A overp ends of the bar 36 are pivoted in suitable brackets39 connected -with the frame ofthe carrier. In order to hold the dropperin an elevated position, a spiral spring 40 is connected at one end withone of theslats 37 and at the opposite end with an upright 41 supportedupon the bar frame. In order to depress the dropper so as to deposit abundle of straw rollers 24 adjacent to the inner upon 'the apron 25, anarm 42 is provided having a flattened portion 48 which is secured uponsome of the slats 37, said arm having a crank 42 which is Aconnected bya link 44 with a foot lever or treadle 45 ful-l crumed upon the frame ofthe mower in convenient position to the operator who, by actuating saidtreadle, may rock the bar 36 so as to depress the slats 37 against thetension of the spring 40 until they like flatwise upon the endless apronor carrier which will thus convey the bundle in a rearward direction anddischarge it over the rear or tail end of said carrier. The front end ofthe rea per attachment is supported npon a wheel 46, and a shoeor guardplate 47 may be provided.

The endless carrier 25, which is composed of textile or" other suitableflexible material, is provided at the side edges thereof with chains orlink belts 48 which are guided over sprocket wheels 49 mounted upon orconnected with the ends of the tapering faces of the side bars 21, 22 ofthe frame. The carrier apron will thus be kept in smooth and flatcondition for operating successfully.

The operation of the invention may be briefly described as follows VViththe attachment in place, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the machine isdriven over the field. If the grain should be wet, the driver will placehis foot upon the pedal 45 and depress the dropper upon the apron orcarrier, thus causing the straw to be spread out upon the ground as themachine is carried over the -tield in order' to permit the straw to bedried before it is bundled. If the is dry and the straw -ready forbundling, then the dropper will be permitted to remain in an uprightposition until a suiicient quantity to form a bundle has beenaccumulated, and then by ,actuating the pedal 45, the bundle orgavetwill be discharged over the slats 37 on to the apron .25 andcarried in a practically compact mass to be deposited upon the ground inposition ready for the bundle.

The improved device as will be seen is of simple construction; it may bereadily manufactured at a comparatively slight. expense, and it may bereadily attached to an ordinary mowing machine with but slightalterations.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, iss-- Thecombination with a/mowing machine, of a reaping attachn'lent comprisingan arcuate frame associated with and extending rearwardly from thecutting apparatus-of the machine and terminating in rear of the wheelvsupported frame of said machine, an endless carrier guided over 'saidframe, a rocking bar supported for oscillation at the front end of thecarrier adjacent. to and parallel with theentting apparatus and havingslats extending rearwardly above the front. portion of the carrier,spring means to snstain the slats in a relatively raised position, andtreadle means for actuating the rock shaft to depress the slats upon thecarrier.

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.ln testimony whereof l atlix my signature i in presence of twowitnesses.

ANDRFV C. CH'RTSTENSEN. "itnessesr JAMES KELLY, CHARLES CoUsINs.

